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io9Emma Stone is officially playing Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man, not Mary Jane. Plus Green Lantern’s villain confirmed!
The Hulk and his fellow Avengers have got plenty of movies left in them. The new Green Lantern website includes the film’s villain. Plus a weird Runaways casting rumor, Chief Tyrol’s guest spot on Eureka, and more! Spoilers for you! Green Lantern: Warner Bros. launched their new website for this film last night, and there’s … Continued
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Tech NewsSamsung’s WP7 Handset Omnia 7 Appears in 13-Min Long Video Demo
Not to be confused with LG’s Windows Phone 7 phone the Optimus 7, Samsung’s Omnia 7 has received a thorough going-over in a video, showing off more the hubs, and even Office. Microsoft Office! It looks great. The UI may be running the French language, but you can still get a strong grasp of what … Continued
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LEGO Leica Camera Works, But Won’t Fool Anybody
Save yourself $5k by making a Leica M8 out of LEGO for $50. It’s a good way to dodge those red-dot taxes, but I’ll warn you: the 3MP camera will hardly hold up to your phone, let alone a Leica. MOCPages user Schfio Factory used a $50 LEGO camera as a base for the camera, … Continued
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Pay In Checks to Your PayPal Account Thanks to Their Latest iPhone App Update
Chase customers have been depositing checks via iPhones for months now, but from today millions of PayPal users will never have to go to the bank again. Well, other than to steal pens or use their toilet. To use the app, you must take a photo of the front and rear of a check, whizz … Continued
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Verizon Android Phones Should Use the Force and Download This Star Wars App
You don’t need the R2-D2 Droid phone to download this app, but for full credibility I’d suggest all owners of that phone fork out the $3 it costs. In fact, any Verizon customer with an Android phone should pay up. It’s celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
The Updated Map of Online Communities
The Map of Online Communities has always been one of my favorite xkcd images, so I’m happy to see that it’s been updated. And I’m amazed to see just how our views of various communities have changed over time. Remember that you can click on images for a closer look. For reference, this is the … Continued
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I’m Either In Wonderland Or Someone Flipped This Cafe Sideways
On my next trip to New York City, I’ll have to stop by a coffeeshop called D’Espresso. After all, how could I resist sitting in a place where the floor is on the wall? Don’t worry that I’ll destroy any books with my dirty shoes when I go though, because the shelves of books are … Continued
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Automatic Cake Decorator
Mischer’traxler’s automatic cake decorator uses a rotating platform to draw a flowery, spirograph-like design on its cakes. As a final touch, the mechanical arm drops sugar-pearls across the cake’s surface. The automatic cake decorator is part of an exhibit entitled “til you stop – how much is enough.” You determine how decorated the cake gets … Continued
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Tech NewsVisualizing a World Without Logos
Everywhere you walk. Everything you watch. Every day of your life. Our world is infested with logos large and small. Unless the Unlogo project has its way. Here’s the signageless life they envision, and how they’ll make it a reality. Basically, Unlogo is a way for you to replace any logo with the image of … Continued
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Tech NewsMexican Clown Threatens Twitter Impersonators
This is Brozo the Creepy Clown, a television host on the Spanish language Televisa network. Apparently he gets very upset when people impersonate his co-host Marissa Rivera on Twitter. So upset in fact, that he threatens to come after them. According to Boing Boing, the threatening part of Brozo’s message translated to something along these … Continued
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Firefighters Stood By and Watched While This House Burned to the Ground
Click to viewWell this is pretty sick. Residents in Obion County, Tennessee have to pay an annual fee of $75 for fire department service. The Cranick family didn’t pay, so firefighters stood around and watched their house burn to the ground. Initially, the South Fulton city fire department wouldn’t even respond to the family’s calls, … Continued
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Motorola Droid Pro: It’s Like a BlackBerry Impregnated by Android
The Motorola Droid Pro on Verizon isn’t what we expected: It’s a like a Motorola Droid, but with a BlackBerry keyboard bolted on the bottom. Or like a BlackBerry Torch that’s permanently stuck open, running Android. Take your pick. Weird. The Droid Pro’s running Android 2.2, and it’s a world phone, so it’s definitely aimed … Continued
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The Origins of That New Gadget Smell
Recently I found myself asking someone why the hell his company’s new product stinks so much that I want to leap out of my second floor window. Insulted by my question or not, he explained that new gadget smell. The product was a funky iPad stand/case and despite my desire to try it out right … Continued
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Right Now a Computer Is Reading The Internet, Teaching Itself Language
In a basement at Carnegie Mellon University, a computer is reading the web. It’s been doing so for nearly nine months, teaching itself the complexities and nuances of the English language. And the smarter it gets, the faster it learns. That computer is NELL, the Never-Ending Language Learning system, and it’s the star of a … Continued
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io9Why Jeffrey Combs is our ultimate avatar of sexy weirdness
You’re already a fan of Jeffrey Combs. Maybe you’ve seen him play a slew of all-too-human aliens on Star Trek, maybe you’ve watched him go too far in Re-Animator. But we bet you haven’t seen all his great genre roles. Welcome to “actors we love,” an irregular series where we pay tribute to the performers … Continued
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Tech NewsHungary in State of Emergency After Waves of Toxic Burning Mud Pour Out of Chemical Plant
You might not know what alumina is—neither did I. But hundreds of Hungarians do, after torrents of the stuff poured out of a plant and through their villages, prompting the country to declare a state of emergency. UPDATED Click to view Waves of red toxic muck, gushing from a giant reservoir used by a bauxite … Continued
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